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July 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Martin Hobbs, Researcher, University of Melbourne Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, out now on Netflix, tells the story of five Black US veterans who return to Vietnam to hunt for gold and recover the remains of their lost squad leader. Beginning with the reunion of five ... <a title="What Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods gets wrong about veterans returning to Vietnam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/what-spike-lees-da-5-bloods-gets-wrong-about-veterans-returning-to-vietnam-142558/" aria-label="Read more about What Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods gets wrong about veterans returning to Vietnam">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s National Party has elected Judith Collins as its new leader to replace Todd Muller, with Gerry Brownlee as her deputy to take on the Labour-led coalition government in the September general election. Collins, 61, was first elected as an MP for Clevedon in 2002 and has been part of six ... <a title="‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/common-goal-oust-government-says-nzs-new-national-leader-collins/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Uncertainty surrounding a cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to a Sydney hotel has prompted reactions from the Queensland and South Australian governments, as the Victorian situation continues to be critical. Victorian authorities on Tuesday reported 270 new cases, and two ... <a title="More deaths in Victoria, as NSW COVID cluster triggers reactions in Queensland and South Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/more-deaths-in-victoria-as-nsw-covid-cluster-triggers-reactions-in-queensland-and-south-australia-142676/" aria-label="Read more about More deaths in Victoria, as NSW COVID cluster triggers reactions in Queensland and South Australia">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra The “palace letters” show the Australian Constitution’s susceptibility to self-interested behaviour by individual vice-regal representatives. They also reveal the vulnerability of Australian governments to secret destabilisation by proxy by the ... <a title="‘Palace letters’ reveal the palace’s fingerprints on the dismissal of the Whitlam government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/palace-letters-reveal-the-palaces-fingerprints-on-the-dismissal-of-the-whitlam-government-142476/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Palace letters’ reveal the palace’s fingerprints on the dismissal of the Whitlam government">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney For more than four decades, the question has been asked: did the queen know the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, was about to dismiss the Whitlam government, and did she encourage or support that action? The release of the ... <a title="‘Palace letters’ show the queen did not advise, or encourage, Kerr to sack Whitlam government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/palace-letters-show-the-queen-did-not-advise-or-encourage-kerr-to-sack-whitlam-government-142376/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Palace letters’ show the queen did not advise, or encourage, Kerr to sack Whitlam government">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University From songs and poems to novels and movies, romantic love is one of the most enduring subjects for artworks through the ages. But what about the science? Historical, cultural and even evolutionary evidence suggests love ... <a title="What is love?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/what-is-love-139212/" aria-label="Read more about What is love?">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Australia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly considered one of the world’s best. At their best, our federal and state politicians have put aside the sterile games dominating politics for ... <a title="Cutting taxes for the wealthy is the worst possible response to this economic crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/cutting-taxes-for-the-wealthy-is-the-worst-possible-response-to-this-economic-crisis-142637/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting taxes for the wealthy is the worst possible response to this economic crisis">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Manuel, Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed last month Australia is actively being attacked by hostile foreign governments. An advisory note posted on the government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre website said the attackers were targeting various ... <a title="Our cybersecurity isn’t just under attack from foreign states. There are holes in the government’s approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/our-cybersecurity-isnt-just-under-attack-from-foreign-states-there-are-holes-in-the-governments-approach-137403/" aria-label="Read more about Our cybersecurity isn’t just under attack from foreign states. There are holes in the government’s approach">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Tapsell, Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific., Australian National University The recent police interrogations of six Al Jazeera journalists in Malaysia – five of whom are Australian – was not about shaping international reportage or a ... <a title="Malaysia’s media crackdowns are being driven by an insecure government highly sensitive to criticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/malaysias-media-crackdowns-are-being-driven-by-an-insecure-government-highly-sensitive-to-criticism-142555/" aria-label="Read more about Malaysia’s media crackdowns are being driven by an insecure government highly sensitive to criticism">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Liam Hehir The detailed reasons for opposition National Party leader Todd Muller’s shock resignation are something we are not yet given to know. At this point, anything other than the statement made by Muller himself is nothing more than speculation. The announcement was a bolt from the blue even for those working closely ... <a title="Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/mullers-bolt-from-blue-resignation-leaves-election-hoardings-standing/" aria-label="Read more about Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University And then there was none. Early this morning the National Party caucus awoke to a nightmare. Todd Muller, their newly minted leader of some 53 days, had resigned his position. This is not just another leadership spill, coup or change. ... <a title="Ahead of the New Zealand election, Todd Muller’s resignation is a National nightmare – and a sign of a toxic political culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/ahead-of-the-new-zealand-election-todd-mullers-resignation-is-a-national-nightmare-and-a-sign-of-a-toxic-political-culture-142634/" aria-label="Read more about Ahead of the New Zealand election, Todd Muller’s resignation is a National nightmare – and a sign of a toxic political culture">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Audrey Courty, PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University Amid claims of social media platforms stifling free speech, a new challenger called Parler is drawing attention for its anti-censorship stance. Last week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter signed by 150 academics, writers ... <a title="Parler: what you need to know about the ‘free speech’ Twitter alternative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/parler-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-free-speech-twitter-alternative-142268/" aria-label="Read more about Parler: what you need to know about the ‘free speech’ Twitter alternative">Read more</a>
